6. Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant Ilke Dagli, the University of Warwick, UK (social sciences)
Research project: Securitisation of Ethnic Communities in Conflict Environments and its Implication on Peace-building Efforts

7. M.Sc., M.Sc., Doctoral StudentJohanna Peltoniemi, School of Management at University of Tampere, Finland (political science)
Research project: The effect of Finnish expatriation on national identity and political participation

8. Doctoral Student Roman Kushnir, University of Vaasa, Department of English studies, Finland (English studies)
Research project: The construction of Finnish-American identities in a selection of Finnish-American fiction portraying second- and third-generation migrants

15. Dr., Research FellowDaouda Cissé, Stellenbosch University, Centre for Chinese Studies, South Africa (economics)
Research project: African traders in Yiwu (China): trade networks and role in the distribution on "made in China" products to Africa

16. Ph.D., Anne Heimo, University of Turku, Finland (folkloristics)
Research project: The literary practices, memories of migration and family history of Finnish immigrants in Australia